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2012 UCI Road World Championships – Women's team time trial

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Women's team time trial
2012 UCI Road World Championships
Race details
Dates16 September 2012
Stages1
Distance34.2 km (21.25 mi)
Winning time46' 31.60"
Medalists
   Gold Germany Team Specialized–lululemon
   Silver Australia Orica–AIS
   Bronze Netherlands AA Drink–leontien.nl
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The Women's team time trial of the 2012 UCI Road World Championships cycling event took place on 16 September 2012 in the province of Limburg, Netherlands.

It was the first such event for trade teams.[1] The race was won by the German licensed squad Team Specialized–lululemon (Charlotte Becker, Ellen van Dijk, Amber Neben, Evelyn Stevens, Ina-Yoko Teutenberg, Trixi Worrack) by 24.19 seconds over the Australian Orica–AIS, with the Dutch outfit AA Drink–leontien.nl completing the podium, 1 minute and 59.32 seconds in arrears of Team Specialized–lululemon.[2]

Participation

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Invitations were sent to the 20 leading UCI Women's Teams in the team rankings on 15 August 2012. Sengers Ladies Cycling Team, which entered the top 20 on 26 August was invited as well. Twelve teams accepted the invitation within the deadline and got the right to participate. Each team consisted of six riders.[3][4]

1: UCI women's teams ranking as of 15 August 2012

Parcours

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The teams completed a course that was 34.2 km (21.3 mi) starting from Sittard and finishing in Valkenburg aan de Geul. There were two named climbs: the Lange Raarberg (1300m, 4.5%) and the famous Cauberg (1200m 5.8%) that features in the Amstel Gold Race. The finish was located 1.5 km after the top of the Cauberg.[5][6]

Pre-race favourite

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Team Specialized–lululemon was the top favourite for the team time trial. The team won all the team time trials that season however the difference in time between the number two in each time trial, Orica–AIS, became each time trial smaller.[7] In April in stage 4b of the Energiewacht Tour Specialized–lululemon won the team time trial over 26.5 km (16.5 mi) by 40 seconds over Orica–AIS.[8] More close to the World Championships the difference between Specialized–lululemon and Orica–AIS was 29 seconds at the world cup race Open de Suède Vårgårda over 42.5 km (26.4 mi) (17 August 2012) and eleven days before the World Championships only 19 seconds in stage 2 at the 2012 BrainWash Ladies Tour over 34 km (21 mi).[9][10] A difference between the time trials that year and the one at the World Championships was that the World Championships was on a hilly parcours and all the other ones were flat.[7]

Race

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Team Specialized–lululemon were the last team down the start ramp and Ina-Yoko Teutenberg, the squad's weakest climber on paper, put in a shift on the front in the early, flat kilometres, ensuring that the team broke more or less even with Orica–AIS. At the first time check after 11 km, the Orica–AIS sextet was less than a second behind Specialized–lululemon. Specialized–lululemon began to come to the fore and the team set a ferocious tempo up the climb of the Lange Raarberg, a little under two-thirds of the way into the race. At the second time check Specialized–lululemon coming through 13 seconds clear of the rivals. With Orica–AIS reduced to the minimum four for the finale, they remained in contention on the final climb of the Cauberg hill and crossed the line after the false flat 1:35 quicker than AA Drink–leontien.nl squad. Specialized–lululemon's Evelyn Stevens hit the front up the Cauberg hill with 20 seconds in hand and once over the top, Amber Neben, Trixi Worrack, Charlotte Becker and local favourite Ellen van Dijk took over for the final push to the line and brought Specialized–lululemon home to claim the first women's world team time trial victory.

Final classification

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Rank Team Cyclists Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Germany Team Specialized–lululemon  Charlotte Becker (GER)
 Ellen van Dijk (NED)
 Amber Neben (USA)
 Evelyn Stevens (USA)
 Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (GER)
 Trixi Worrack (GER)
46' 31.63"
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Australia Orica–AIS  Judith Arndt (GER)
 Shara Gillow (AUS)
 Loes Gunnewijk (NED)
 Melissa Hoskins (AUS)
 Alex Rhodes (AUS)
 Linda Villumsen (NZL)
+ 24.19"
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Netherlands AA Drink–leontien.nl  Chantal Blaak (NED)
 Lucinda Brand (NED)
 Jessie Daams (BEL)
 Sharon Laws (GBR)
 Emma Pooley (GBR)
 Kirsten Wild (NED)
+ 1' 59.32"
4 Netherlands Rabobank Women Cycling Team  Tatiana Antoshina (RUS)
 Thalita de Jong (NED)
 Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (FRA)
 Iris Slappendel (NED)
 Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)
 Marianne Vos (NED)
+ 2' 20.40"
5 Russia RusVelo  Natalia Boyarskaya (RUS)
 Svetlana Bubnenkova (RUS)
 Romy Kasper (GER)
 Hanka Kupfernagel (GER)
 Irina Molicheva (RUS)
 Olga Zabelinskaya (RUS)
+ 2' 30.58"
6 Italy Be Pink  Alena Amialiusik (BLR)
 Noemi Cantele (ITA)
 Simona Frapporti (ITA)
 Elke Gebhardt (GER)
 Yuliya Martisova (RUS)
 Silvia Valsecchi (ITA)
+ 3' 14.80"
7 Italy S.C. Michela Fanini-Rox  Alexandra Burchenkova (RUS)
 Verónica Leal Balderas (MEX)
 Martina Růžičková (CZE)
 Azucena Sanchez Benito (ESP)
 Valentina Scandolara (ITA)
 Grete Treier (EST)
+ 4' 37.26"
8 Norway Hitec Products–Mistral Home  Cecilie Gotaas Johnsen (NOR)
 Tone Hatteland Lima (NOR)
 Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA)
 Emilie Moberg (NOR)
 Lise Nøstvold (NOR)
 Thea Thorsen (NOR)
+ 4' 38.00"
9 Netherlands Dolmans–Boels cyclingteam  Martine Bras (NED)
 Janneke Ensing (NED)
 Nina Kessler (NED)
 Pauliena Rooijakkers (NED)
 Winanda Spoor (NED)
 Emma Trott (GBR)
+ 5' 00.17"
10 Belgium Lotto–Belisol Ladies  Robyn de Groot (RSA)
 Sofie De Vuyst (BEL)
 Ann-Sophie Duyck (BEL)
 Kaat Hannes (BEL)
 Ludivine Henrion (BEL)
 Kim Schoonbaert (BEL)
+ 5' 31.99"
11 Netherlands Skil–Argos  Suzanne de Goede (NED)
 Kelly Markus (NED)
 Amy Pieters (NED)
 Esra Tromp (NED)
 Monique Van De Ree (NED)
 Adrie Visser (NED)
+ 5' 33.31"
12 Belgium Sengers Ladies Cycling Team  Kimberly Buyl (BEL)
 Vera Koedooder (NED)
 Claudia Koster (NED)
 Birgit Lavrijssen (NED)
 Inge Roggeman (BEL)
 Geerike Schreurs (NED)
+ 5' 42.91"

Data from uci.ch.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Atkins, Ben (16 September 2012). "Omega Pharma–Quick-Step takes inaugural men's trade team time trial World title". VeloNation. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
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  4. ^ "Women Elite UCI Ranking Team". uci.ch. Archived from the original on 6 July 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
  5. ^ "Team Time trial UCI teams, Women (start Sittard)". Limburg 2012. UCI Road World Championships Limburg 2012. Archived from the original (JPEG) on 31 July 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
  6. ^ "UCI Teams Time Trial Women Sittard-Valkenburg zondag 16 september" (PDF). Limburg 2012. UCI Road World Championships Limburg 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 July 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
  7. ^ a b "Ellen van Dijk wint goud op WK in Valkenburg". Trouw. 16 September 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
  8. ^ "Women Elite Energiewacht Tour (NED)". UCI. 7 April 2012. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
  9. ^ "Women Elite World Cup No. 6 – Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT (SWE/CDM)". UCI. 17 August 2012. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
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